Politics

“The EU is built on the mistakes of Europeans; it is a pragmatic response to our failure to manage the disruptive forces of nationalism and industrialisation.”

“أنا أحب سليم سركيس لا جريدته — وأعاشر الرجل لا سياسته”

“Unless there is a clear political commitment and resolve to change, I do not believe Malaysia will survive.”

“Votes for Women. I’m going to march in the streets and carry a banner.”

“Composée exclusivement de gauchistes une société est conduite à l’hystérie. Privée de gauchistes, une société est conduite à l’asphyxie.”

“The artist must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery.”

“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”

“Le problème qui va se poser à nous dans un proche avenir consistera à substituer à des limitations de souveraineté qui nous étaient imposées par la force des limitations de souveraineté librement consenties.”

“I needed to find capital resources for large-scale experiments and for time to negotiate with the British and Palestinian authorities.”

“How could we expect otherwise? World organization is still a new adventure in human history.”

“Anything and everything involving ideas, including theology, is intimately bound up with the existing social situation in at least an unconscious way.”

“The dream of a unified and free Burma has always haunted me.”

“I am a poet and not a politician.”

“You don’t dance to the tune of the rulers.”

“لست مع الثورات”

“I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.”

“其實我唱歌是為全體中國人而唱的，和台灣、大陸都沒有關係。”

“It is liberty which is ancient, and despotism which is modern.”